Water Purifying Floating Pool Cleans NY's Rivers

I would love to see a series of these along the St. Joe river here in Indiana and Michigan. What a great idea.

Water Purifying Floating Pool Cleans New York's Rivers | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World

It's hot out -- especially in NYC -- and swimming in a nice cool pool would be just the ticket, but alas public pools are few and far between. One of group of designers and architects is proposing a floating pool in the rivers of New York City that would actually filter and clean the water while serving as a public amenity to help New Yorkers cool off during the heat waves. + Pool is a fantastic concept for an offshore pool complete with a deck that offers stunning views of the Manhattan skyline

AIDS 2010: Researchers Moving Toward HIV/AIDS Treatments and Cures

Promising Research

Some of the most interesting research involves vitamin D. Study investigators from Switzerland analyzed 211 HIV-positive patients to determine their vitamin D levels in the spring and the fall, resulting in the highest and lowest vitamin D levels in their bodies. In HIV-infected patients, vitamin D supplementation was shown to improve T-cell counts and lower death rates from HIV.

How It Works

Vitamin D is involved in hundreds of body processes. Its absence can result disrupt many vital process leading to a wide variety of conditions and diseases, ranging from depression to breast cancer to diabetes and high blood pressure.

What's Next

The study investigators recommend that all HIV-positive patients routinely be screened for vitamin-D deficiency and receive an adequate supply to reduce their risk for adverse outcomes.

Picture of Alghero harbor, Sept 2009

Scientists taking vitamin D in droves

I think they know something we don't know!
Scientists taking vitamin D in droves

Picture of waterfront

Alghero, Italy

Sept 2009

Dean Baker: The Attack of the Real Black Helicopter Gang: The IMF Is Coming for Our SS

After destroying the world's economy they now want to destroy our personal security.

Dean Baker: The Attack of the Real Black Helicopter Gang: The IMF Is Coming for Your Social Security

Last week, the IMF told the United States that it needs to start getting its budget deficit down. It put cutting Social Security at the top of the steps that the country should take to achieve deficit reduction. This one is more than a bit outrageous for two reasons.

Vinpocetine - anti-inflammatory supplement may help COPD

Yay, new news on my disease. A widely and safely used plant extract - vinpocetine - acts as a novel anti-inflammatory agent that may one day be used for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, as well as other inflammatory conditions. There is an urgent need for new therapies for the treatment of chronic inflammatory diseases, such as COPD, otitis media (ear infection), and atherosclerosis (chronic inflammation in the walls of arteries), because the most effective and commonly used agents – steroids – often cause serious side effects, such as liver damage, which prevent long-term use.

Public advice on suntanning may mean vitamin deficiency risk

Stintino on Sardegna

Sept. 2009

Beautiful beach

Public advice on suntanning may mean vitamin deficiency risk - Health News, Health & Families - The Independent

Oliver Gillie: Time to abandon this outdated view on staying out of the sun

From the Independent UK
Oliver Gillie: Time to abandon this outdated view on staying out of the sun - Commentators, Opinion - The Independent